Is « excellence » masculine or feminine?
« excellence » is feminine. You say l'excellence.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'excellence |
| With the indefinite article | une excellence |
| With the partitive article | de l'excellence |
Plural
The plural is excellences (les excellences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
excellence ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so excellence follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « excellence » masculine or feminine?
« excellence » is feminine. You say l'excellence.
« l'excellence » hides the gender. Is « excellence » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'excellence » for both genders, but you say une excellence, not un excellence, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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